Ravard wins in Châteauroux
Hutarovich runner-up in Coupe de France race
Anthony Ravard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) took his third victory in the Châteauroux Classic de l’Indre one-day race with a perfectly executed sprint but success only partially helped the Frenchman, who is troubled by a leg problem.
The little Frenchman kept a low profile as he sprinted to the line and managed to out power Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) and Jasper Bovenhuis (Rabobank Continental Team). Canada’s Martin Gilbert (Spidertech Powered By C10) was an impressive fourth in the sprint.
Ravard missed out on selection for the Ag2r-La Mondiale team but used the rejection as extra motivation for the second half of the season. He has suffered with a long-term leg muscle problem and even considered retirement but he managed to briefly put those aside and things went his way yet again in Châteauroux.
“It was a blow but I worked hard and was good at the Tour of Poland and the in Limousin. Before the start I didn’t think I’d do well but things went right,” Ravard told L’Equipe.
“I have an enlarged left piriformis muscle in my leg, it’s two times larger than the right. I’d like to know why and what to do. I’m twisted on the bike and that pulls on my left leg. My right leg hurts too, from time to time, probably because I'm compensating.”
“On the eve of the race, I spoke to my doctor on the phone and I told him: "If we don’t find a solution this winter, I’ll end my career." This win helps my moral but all the problems prevent me from being consistent. Because of it, I’ve never ridden the Tour de France. I was fine until Paris-Nice, and the proof is that I won the Étoile de Bessèges. But since then…”
Despite his problems, Ravard will continue to race and is part of the Ag2r-La Mondiale team for the Tour du Poitou-Charentes stage race.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 4:23:07 |
2 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) AG2R La mondiale | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Johan Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Salazar Hugo Sebastian (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Barry Markus (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Guillermo Lana Baquedano (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Grégory Barteau (Fra) Landbouwkrediet | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Arturo Mora Ortiz (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Waele Bert De (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:08 |
66 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Zachary Bell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:00:11 |
70 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 0:00:13 |
72 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:16 |
73 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:00:19 |
74 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:30 |
75 | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:42 |
76 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:00:51 |
79 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Nairo Quintana Rojas (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Ronan Racault (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:01:04 |
91 | Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Mark Batty (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:01:08 |
95 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:14 |
96 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:01:18 |
98 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:23 |
99 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 0:01:37 |
100 | Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 0:01:47 |
104 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 0:03:02 |
106 | Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 0:03:10 |
107 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | 0:03:47 |
109 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:05:03 |
110 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:08:15 |
DNF | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bram Schmitz (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Edibberto Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | La Parte Víctor De (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Carlos Andres Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Corre Florian Le (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Denis Flahaut (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Armentia Pello Bilbao Lopez De (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 5 | pts |
2 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 5 | pts |
2 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5 | pts |
2 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 5 | pts |
2 | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 5 | pts |
2 | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 5 | pts |
2 | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5 | pts |
2 | Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 15 | pts |
2 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rabobank - Continental Team | 13:09:21 |
2 | Landbouwkrediet | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Saur-Sojasun | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Bretagne - Schuller | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Itera - Katusha | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Team Europcar | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Colombia es Passion - Café de Colombia | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Caja Rural | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Procycling Team Vacansoleil - DCM | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:11 |
14 | Team Spidertech Powered by C10 | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:00:19 |
16 | FDJ | 0:00:38 |
17 | Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 0:00:42 |
18 | Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:51 |
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